Buxton is NWCA National Prep Coach of the Year

The National Wrestling Coaches Association Scholastic Board of Directors is proud to announce the 2009 Scholastic Awards, including head wrestling coach Jeff Buxton’s win as National Prep Coach of the Year. The four award categories include National Coach of the Year, National Assistant Coach of the Year, National Wrestler of the Year and National Prep Coach of the Year.

The NWCA issued a press release stating, “Buxton has been a member of the Blair family for 27 years as the wrestling coach and a math teacher, and has been coaching the sport of wrestling for 30 years. Blair Academy has won 29 National Prep Titles and has been ranked the number one team in the country nine times. There have been a total of 149 Individual National Prep Champions under Coach Buxton. He is also currently the Cadet and Junior National Team Coach.”

“It is an honor to be associated with the NWCA. I attribute this coaching award to the support I receive from the Blair coaching staff, the school, the wrestlers and parents. We had a tremendous year with great success in wrestling; but I am more proud of what our wrestlers have accomplished as students as they move on to Harvard, Princeton, Penn, Columbia, American, Michigan and Penn State,” said Jeff.

This is the first year that the NWCA has sponsored the National Prep Coach of the Year Award as an NWCA National Scholastic Award.

“Coach Buxton has accomplished great things in his time at Blair Academy, along with producing accomplished wrestlers on and off the mat. The NWCA was honored to have him as a guest clinician at the 2009 NCAA Championships, where he was able to share some of his coaching techniques with the other coaches in attendance,” said NWCA President Jim Beichner.

Posted 5/18/2009

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